Well over a century of research has investigated basic processes that underlie human learning. Although such work in the science of learning has yielded a number of generalizable principles, there...Read more

One of the most pressing challenges in higher education is the large gap in graduation rates that persists between college students from different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds....Read more

All MIT undergraduates take two semesters of physics—mechanics (Physics I) and electricity and magnetism (Physics II). Those two courses had undergone substantial transformation in the early...Read more

Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, emerged a few years ago with promises to provide affordable college education for everyone. Recent studies show, however, that MOOCs are typically completed...Read more